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Glasgow Film Fest Opener & Closer The 2021 Glasgow Film Festival is partnering with 22 cinemas across the UK to reach audiences that are not unable to travel to the event due to the country’s tiered lockdown system. The fest will open on February 24 with the UK premiere of Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari and will close on March 7 with the UK premiere of Suzanne Lindon’s Spring Blossom. Each of the 22 partner cinemas will show both the opening and closing titles.

We’re all now used to the annual tradition of debating the controversial lyrics in The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale Of New York’ as a way of kicking off the festive season here in the UK. But with the focus on that, it can be easy to forget the other controversy this song sparks: the one when people try to cover it.It’s really hard to capture the spirit of a song like ‘Fairytale Of New York’, although many have tried.

Psychological horror Saint Maudis a nose ahead of a tight-knit pack of lead nominees for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards, unveiled Wednesday morning by Holliday Grainger and Micheal Ward. The Film4-backed debut feature from Rose Glass, which released earlier this year in the U.K.

Saint Maud leads nominees for the 2020 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) with 17 nods. Scroll down for the full list of nominees.

Naman Ramachandran Rose Glass’ psychological horror “Saint Maud” leads the charge at the 2020 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) with 17 nominations.“Saint Maud” is up for best British independent film, screenplay and director, and also features in the debut categories — producer, director and screenwriter. Morfydd Clark is nominated for best actress and Jennifer Ehle for supporting actress.

Venice Critics’ Week Names New HeadVenice Film Festival independent sidebar Critics’ Week has hired Beatrice Fiorentino as its new General Delegate, replacing Giona A. Nazzaro who left earlier this year to take the reins at Locarno.

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has revealed that she suffered a miscarriage in July, explaining in a deeply personal New York Times op-ed that losing a child means “carrying an almost unbearable grief.”

Snapchat is rolling out Spotlight, a hub for longer-form video loops a la TikTok, The Verge reports. Spotlight is currently available in the Snapchat app in 11 countries including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and more.

BBC Radio 1 has said it has chosen to play an alternative version of Fairytale of New York.The edited version of the 1987 Christmas song by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl changes up two lines in the song.The British station said that it had made the decision to play the altered version because ‘young listeners are particularly sensitive to derogatory terms for gender and sexuality.’The new edited version of the song has altered two of its lines, one which is sung by Kirsty MacColl has been